Dear Gavin, In my last letter, I pointed to the fact that our variegated loyalties can be hard to define, and difficult to keep straight. As Christians we have a standing obligation to keep them ...
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Rightly Ordered Affections
The Modern Nation State
Dear Gavin, As we discussed on the phone, I think we have covered most of the waterfront. At the same time, as a matter of summarizing and wrapping up, I think I have two more letters in me. There may be some repetition here, but I want to come at a few things from a …
The Revenge of the Blue Collar White Guy
Preamble to Any Commentary: For anyone who wants to do more than just have opinions about the California fires, I have a few recommendations for you. Here are some links to folks who are doing good, ...
Love Must Be Uneven to Be True
Introduction: In a world filled with leftist levelers, one of the central duties of faithful Christians should be to keep everything as uneven as we can. It should be uneven and still truly loving, ...
A Rejoinder to Internet Randos on the Jews, NatCon4, and a Couple of Hindus
Introduction: Over the last few weeks, a few different things have happened that have set off various comment threads, in which Internet Randos have arisen to take me to task for continuing to be a ...
The Shimmering Unreality of Race Realism
Introduction: Michael Spangler has written an introduction to Christian race realism, and I would like to take this opportunity to respond to one of his central claims, which I regard to be both ...
An Apologetic for the Whiteness of White Babies
As I see that whiteness is in the news again, or perhaps still, it seems time once again to marshal some observations that might be helpful to some of my fellow pale faces. As I have also gathered that I am from time to time read by critics who have the discerning eye of a …
Jews and the Measure You Use
Dear Gavin, I know that we have been talking primarily about whites and blacks, but I want to change the subject, moving over to the Jews for just a moment. This is only an apparent change of ...
Okay to be White
Dear Gavin, It was really great meeting you in person last week. Thanks for making the trek over our way, and it was great worshiping together with you. Our conversation after church really helped ...
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In Praise of Prejudice
Dear Gavin, In my last letter, I went into the origins of the authenticity jive. What we need to do now is analyze this a little bit more. If we do this, it will not stop our stereotyping and projecting, but it will help us to understand it a little bit better. We can at …